Legendary Cristiano Ronaldo says Manchester United and manager Erik ten Hag must “rebuild everything” in order to compete with football’s elite again.Two years later after leaving Old Trafford, when he accused the Glazer family of not caring about the club, the Portugal international has told his former teammate Rio Ferdinand on the Presents Podcast that “Manchester United in not his issue anymore”.”When I was back there (at United), I was very happy. I was one of the best scorers. I did unbelievable things with the club. In my first season at 37, I was the third-best scorer in the league. I scored in all the group stage (in the Champions League). I scored every game. Even in the league, I scored 17 goals or 18 goals. I did amazing.”But as I told you, Manchester, they need to rebuild everything, in my opinion. The coach, they say they cannot compete to win the league and Champions League. (As) Manchester United coach, you cannot say that you’re not going to fight to win the league or Champions League. You have to be, to mentally say, listen, maybe we don’t have that potential, but I cannot say that. We’re going to try. You have to try.”Strange thing which Ronaldo asked from Rangnick…After two defeats in three Premier League games, things are looking bad for Erik ten Hag’s side.”This club (Manchester United) needs time to rebuild because it’s still one of the best clubs in the world, but they need to change,” Ronaldo continued. “They understand that. This is the only way. This is why they show they have started to change again: the structure of the club, the president, the infrastructure and everything.”The owners of the club. They’re investing in the training ground… So I’m happy (things are changing). I’m not happy with the way it all happened, but in the same way, we cannot control some points of our life sometimes, but it’s done, already done.”##NAJAVA_MECA_8326668##Asked about Ruud van Nistelrooy’s involvement in the dugout after joining Ten Hag’s coaching staff in July, Ronaldo said:”If Ten Hag listens to Ruud, maybe he can (make United better). I think it can help a lot because he knows the club and the club should listen to the guys who were there. You (Rio) or Roy Keane or Paul Scholes or Gary Neville, whatever, Sir Alex Ferguson. You cannot rebuild a club without knowledge. Not guys who work in the office. They understand. I understand a lot of football because I watch football on the television every day.Dutch connection at Man Utd: Van Nistelrooy returns to Old Trafford”The people who understand the football, it was, 99 per cent (of) the people who were there in the dressing room, who was a player, who was the most successful coaches in the world. (Pep) Guardiola, Sir Alex Ferguson, they were players before, they were in the dressing room. They understand. They know how to deal with the players. It’s the people who understand these things.”So I believe that Ruud is going to help because he was inside the club. He knows the club. He knows the fans. If the coach listens to him, I think they can improve the club a little bit,” concluded Ronaldo.
